Poor Family

Chapter 311, not qualified

After Laba, the people of Dachu will start to be busy with the New Year. After that, it will be the most intensive period of visiting relatives and friends, and also the period of the most banquets in various houses in the capital.

In the crowd flow, the most talked about is Ye Mo and his party who are about to return to Beijing.

Regarding Ye Mo's apprentice, the Bai Yueguang who killed the two top masters of Beiyan, everyone has different opinions.

Ordinary people only admire Bai Yueguang's outstanding skills and are mostly curious.

But for the rich and powerful, the appearance of Bai Yueguang somewhat disrupted the balance of the court, among which the princes were the most irritated.

The eldest prince was assassinated during the disaster relief in Jianghan, and the person who rescued him was Bai Yueguang!

"Will Bai Yueguang really belong to the boss?"

In the East Palace, the prince looked at the information about Bai Yueguang collected by his subordinates with a frown.

It's a pity that Bai Yueguang is too mysterious. Except for making a high-profile show when killing the spies of Beiyan Huyan's family in Rongcheng in the northwest, he behaves very low-key afterwards. When saving the eldest prince, he also appeared in a hurry and left in a hurry.

Wei Yichen shook his head and said, "I don't think so." Seeing the prince looking over, he continued, "Bai Yueguang is Ye Mo's apprentice, but Ye Mo is an old fox, and he was the commander of the Special Investigation Department. He is very clear about the current court situation. , if I were him, I wouldn't let my apprentice get involved in the fight for succession."

The prince frowned: "But Bai Yueguang saved the boss."

Wei Yichen thought for a while and said, "Last time, what happened in Jianghan was actually a bit over the top. The eldest prince has made great contributions to disaster relief, and was chased and killed by so many people. Some people in the world who call themselves chivalrous and brave may find it difficult to understand."

"Bai Yueguang may be one of them!"

The prince listened and nodded: "It's not impossible." He sighed, "Boss's luck is always so good, and he can always turn danger into safety at critical moments."

As he spoke, he looked at Wei Yichen with a wry smile, "I don't believe in fate, but from the boss, I often feel the favor of fate for him. He is the son and the eldest son, as if he is the heir chosen by heaven."

Wei Yichen was silent: "Guarding the country requires a lot of hard work. The First Prince is weak and cannot take on this heavy responsibility."

The crown prince snorted, and said in an unclear way: "The boss is weak, but his eldest son, Chu Yu, is very healthy. The emperor is now in good health, and when Chu Yu grows up, he can just take over."

After finishing speaking, the prince laughed: "This old man is weak and sick, how could he give birth to a healthy child." Looking at Wei Yichen, "Are you right?"

Wei Yichen's eyelids twitched: "It's really impossible according to common sense."

The prince smiled: "The boss helped Shennongtang to support the grain and grass in Tongguguan last time, but he offended many people. If we don't need to do it, someone will deal with him."

The two chatted for a while, the crown prince was about to stay with Wei Yichen for lunch, when the maid next to the queen came, saying that she was inviting the crown prince to Kunning Palace for lunch.

"Maybe the queen mother is looking for the orphan for something, so you should go back first."

The crown prince asked Wei Yichen to back down, and walked quickly to the Kunning Palace. As soon as he entered the palace, he saw the empress pulling her face, and immediately asked with a smile, "Who made the empress angry?"

The queen looked at the prince, waited for him to sit beside her, and then said: "Today the eldest prince and the eldest concubine brought Chu Yu into the palace, that little guy Chu Yu made your father laugh out loud, the family of three is now accompanying you The emperor is eating."

When the prince heard this, his expression sank.

The concubine only gave birth to one daughter, and his only son was born to the side concubine, probably because the concubine was born, and the emperor seldom asked about this grandson.

Seeing that the crown prince was silent, the queen frowned and said, "How is the crown prince's health?"

Prince: "I've been taking medicine."

The queen sighed: "It's not good for the queen mother. When the emperor appointed Dou Shi to be the crown princess for you, I should have objected."

The crown prince still attaches great importance to the concubine, and immediately said: "The Dou family has three grand masters. They are the most noble and scholarly families in Dachu. It is not a disgrace to marry a daughter of the Dou family alone. The Dou family is also very good at taking care of the backyard." Be careful, except for not giving birth to a son, everything else is fine."

The queen didn't listen: "You can't have children, this is the biggest mistake. You are a prince, what do you mean if you don't have a son?"

The crown prince was silent: "Father is not a son of the eldest son."

The queen choked: "Okay, let's not talk about concubines today, but how many more concubines will you give birth to me?"

Now, the prince is also depressed, he will stand up soon, and he has only one son under his knee, so he is also very anxious.

The queen looked at the prince: "The women in your backyard have been with you for a long time. They haven't been happy for so long. It can be seen that they are not easy to give birth to. According to the mother, I have to add some people to you."

This time the prince didn't object: "Which girl does the queen mother take a fancy to?"

Queen: "Ren Ruoxue from Misty Palace, what do you think?"

The prince looked stunned for a moment, and then shook his head: "Father will not let his son get involved with the forces of the Jianghu, besides, Piaomiao Palace has an extremely important master, how could he be willing to let his young palace master be a concubine for Gu? "

The Queen smiled and said, "Maybe it wasn't possible before, but not necessarily now."

The prince looked over and said, "Please ask the queen mother to clarify."

The queen looked at the prince: "Didn't the eldest prince be rescued by that Bai Yueguang, and he was not clear with Shennongtang? Obviously, he is no longer the marginal prince with no power."

"Your father is the most suspicious person. He likes to hold great power. Even his son can't share the power in his hands, and he doesn't want to see things go beyond his control."

"In order to constrain you, the emperor lifted Concubine Liu Gui and the fourth son to fight us. Now the boss has wings. In order to maintain the balance between the princes, he will allow us to increase the bargaining chips appropriately."

The prince thought seriously.

The queen continued: "As for the Piaomiao Palace, the emperor's attitude towards the suppression and suppression of the Jianghu sects in the past few years has almost been revealed. Many Jianghu sects have begun to serve as guards in order to continue to pass on."

"You don't know that Ren Ruoxue wanted to attach herself to Duke Anguo's mansion before, but unfortunately, neither the Empress Dowager nor Duke Anguo took a fancy to her."

"Now, the Eastern Palace has given her the opportunity to enter the Eastern Palace. It is her blessing and luck. If she knows her feelings and interests, she should be happy to thank you."

The prince didn't care that Ren Ruoxue was rejected by An Guogong, what he cared about was the help from Piaomiao Palace.

Seeing that the prince was moved, the queen said with a smile: "A martial arts practitioner is in good health, even if Ren Ruoxue can't give birth to a son in the first birth, if she gives birth to a few more, she will always give birth to a son."

"After all, he is the Young Palace Master of Piaomiao Palace. If he really wants to enter the East Palace, he might be given the position of side concubine."

The prince nodded in agreement: "Everything is under the mother's command."

Seeing that the prince was obedient, the queen smiled with satisfaction: "By the way, there is another one, the sixth girl of the Shi family. The Shi family who gave birth to a pair of twins to An Guogong is her own sister, and the queen mother wants to join her." Point it out to you."

Prince: "Two side concubines and four concubines are already full."

Queen: "Even though this Wuchang uncle's mansion is an earl, it has long been in decline. If the six girls of the Shi family enter the East Palace, they should be selected as servants first. If they give birth to a son, then find a reason to discard the childless concubine Liang. One, just promote her as Liang Di."

The crown prince shook his head: "Uncle Wuchang's mansion is in decline, but Shi Dingxuan, the elder brother of the sixth daughter of the Shi family, is highly valued by his father. Some time ago, the southern governor's yamen got a job offer. My son took a look, and Shi Dingxuan made another contribution. , his acting governor should be promoted to the official governor soon."

There is also that Shi Dinghao, although he is just a sounding board, sometimes some of his words can affect his father.

Hearing this, the empress also hesitated: "Why don't we abolish a Liangdi right now?"

The women in the prince's backyard are all carefully selected by him, and they all have forces behind them that he wants to win over. The Shi family is useful, but they are not enough compared to the people he wants to win over. He smiled immediately:

"Mother, this is not urgent. Didn't you point out Ren Ruoxue to my son? Let's see if she can give birth to a son for him. If not, it's not too late to think about it."

The queen knew her son well, and when she saw that he refused, she stopped forcing her and said, "The sixth girl of the Shi family is really not qualified to be your good ladder."

On the twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month, Chu Yao and his party took Ye Mo back to Beijing in a busy manner.

Before entering the city gate, Zhao Jing took Ye Lanzhi to stop the convoy.

Chu Yao glanced at Ye Mo, who was still dying, and didn't stop the two of them from coming forward, but reminded: "Hurry up, you have to go to the palace to see the emperor."

After being raised for a month, Ye Mo's injury not only didn't heal, but it became more and more serious because of the rupture and inflammation of the wound.

"elder brother"

Seeing Ye Mo's miserable state, Ye Lanzhi burst into tears.

Even Zhao Jing's eyes turned red instantly, and he rushed to Ye Mo's side, crying loudly, while secretly handing a black token to Ye Mo's hand.

After Ye Mo got the token, he nodded invisibly towards Zhao Jingwei.

Zhao Jing and Ye Lanzhi didn't dare to tell Ye Moduo, they silently watched Ye Mo being brought into the palace with red eyes.

After entering the city gate, Chu Yao saw that the white cloth belt tied to Ye Mo's body was stained with red blood again, two stones popped out, and the carriage window was smashed open.

As the carriage moved, the windows opened and closed. Through the gap, people on the street could see Ye Mo wrapped like a zombie inside the carriage.

Ye Mo noticed the situation of the car window, and glanced at Chu Yao who was riding a horse outside the car, just as Chu Yao also looked over, their eyes met in the air, and they separated in an instant.

Just like that, amidst the pointing and discussion of the crowd on the street, the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace.

At this time, the news that Ye Mo was tortured into a shapeless form by the Beiyan people had spread throughout the capital.

Under the leadership of Chu Yao, Ye Mo was carried all the way into the Qianqing Palace.

Along the way, people in the palace all looked sideways when they saw Ye Mo's injury.

They all knew that Ye Mo would not heal if he fell into the hands of the Beiyan people, but they never expected Ye Mo to be injured so badly.

Even the emperor, seeing him crawling on the ground, unable to salute himself after struggling for a long time, was a little speechless, and when Ye Mo was sobbing and unable to say a word, he could only wave his arms to express his meaning, Can't help sighing: "Ye Qing, you have suffered."

Ye Mo's eyes turned red immediately, and he lay on the ground and choked up.

Seeing Ye Mo like this, the princes and officials present recalled the majestic scene when Ye Mo led the Special Investigation Division to wash the capital with blood, and there was a bit of sadness and sadness in their hearts.

Sympathy belongs to sympathy, but we still have to talk about the business.

"General Ye, you have such a formidable apprentice of Master Jue Dian, why didn't she go to Beiyan to save you earlier? If you went earlier, you wouldn't have to suffer such a big crime."

"General Ye, why didn't your apprentice Bai Yueguang personally escort you back? She killed Beiyan's two great masters, and the emperor wants to reward her."

"It's General Ye, you call your apprentice to the capital, let us all admire the demeanor of the supreme master."

Ye Mo turned a deaf ear to the officials' words, just moved his arm and took out a token.

Seeing the token, the emperor stood up abruptly.

The princes and officials all looked at the token when they saw the emperor's reaction.

A very ordinary black token is engraved with the word 'Dragon'.

"Everyone back down for me."

The prince and the officials looked at each other, and they all left the Qianqing Palace one after another.

The crown prince and princes were very puzzled. They didn't understand why the emperor sent them out when he saw a token: "What is the origin of that token?"

Seeing Duke Wei's expression shocked, the prince walked over and asked, "Grandfather, do you know that token?"

Wei Guogong looked at the prince, saw that other people were also looking at him, and said in a low voice: "That is the token of the Twelve Hall Masters, the heirs of the Long family."

"Heir of the Long family?!"

The descendants of the Long family are no strangers to the princes and officials who have a little knowledge of Taizu's martial arts.

The successor of the Long family, the follower of Empress Wende, the facilitator of the prosperity of the Great Chu, each of the twelve hall masters is full of legends.

"Bai Yueguang is the descendant of the Long family?"

Master Liu Hou couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed. The princes looked at each other and quickly dispersed.

Seeing the younger brothers leaving in a hurry, the prince sneered.

When Wei Guogong saw it, he whispered to the prince: "Prince, if Bai Yueguang is the successor of the Long family, then Ye Mo must win over."

The prince remained silent.

Seeing this, Duke Wei became anxious: "Prince, you don't know what the heirs of the Long family mean to the people of Da Chu. As long as the heirs of the Long family support you, you can win at least half of the people's hearts."

The prince frowned: "Is the influence of the descendants of the Long family so great?"

Wei Guogong sighed and nodded his head: "At the beginning of the founding of Taizu, the people of Dachu had a very difficult life. It was the descendants of the Long family who opened up the sea trade route, planted high-yield grain, made cement, and built official roads. .”

"In improving people's livelihood, the descendants of the Long family have really done a lot to benefit the people."

"Although the descendants of the Long family have long since disappeared on the surface, in private, the common people still pass on their great achievements by word of mouth."

The prince frowned: "Ye Mo is not easy to win over."

This Wei Guogong also knew: "Fortunately, we can't win over, and neither can the other princes, but the eldest prince." After speaking, he sighed heavily, "The heirs of the Long family follow Empress Wende, and they are absolute supporters."

The crown prince frowned even tighter. He found out again that because of his status as the eldest son, the eldest son could easily obtain many benefits that he and the other princes had to fight for in return.

Wei Guogong said again: "Fortunately, Ye Mo is a veteran in the officialdom, and the descendants of the Long family probably don't want to be the target of the royal family's conquest anymore. There is a high probability that they will not interfere with the court."